Presidents Day and the Lessons of George Washington

The Brian Lehrer Show | Feb 12, 2021

Alexis Coe, presidential historian and author of, now out in paperback, You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington (Viking, 2020), talks about celebrating Presidents Day soon after the events of January 6th and about Washington's "Farewell Address" and the precedent he set for leaving office.

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